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The Race History of the Golden Eagle run at Rosehill on Saturday is only a year old but the first running has proven so strong.

Classique Legend was beaten a fair way and look what he did since. Can the 2020 Golden Eagle (1500m) at Rosehill on Saturday do that again?

2020 Golden Eagle: Nominations

2020 GOLDEN EAGLE - RACE HISTORY AND BACKGROUND

The Golden Eagle is a feature race run under Set Weights conditions for four year olds at Rosehill conducted by the Australian Turf Club.

The Golden Eagle is run over 1500m. 2019 was the first running of the race.

There is no other feature race in the country for 4yos only.

Being run for prize money of $7,500,000, 10% of that prizemoney is immediately donated to the winning owners' charity of choice.

Designed to keep the four year olds in training, there is an option for Everest horses to step up in trip as well.

It will be the richest race run at Rosehill and one of the top three in the country.

Also run on the same day are new races the $1m Yes Yes Yes Stakes (run each year under the name of the previous year's Everest winner) and the $500,000 Rosehill Gold Cup.

The first winner was Kolding who had won the Epsom at his previous run. It meant Chris Waller trained the winner of the Everest and Golden Eagle inside a fortnight – races worth more than $21m in stakes.

The 2019 Golden Eagle was won by Kolding from Sunlight and Mizzy.